Sack-holder



(No Model.)

P. P. FJELLMAN. SACK HOLDER.

No. 497,870. Patented May 23.1893.

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PETER P. FJELLMAN, OF WILLMAR, MINNESOTA.

SACK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,870, dated May 23,1893.

7 Application filed February 21, 1893. Serial No. 463,198. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER P. FJELLMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Willmar, in the county of Kandiyohi and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Holders, (Bag-Holders;) and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in sack-holders, and consists incertain details of construction which are hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

The object of my said invention is to pro vide a sack-holder which shallbe simple and inexpensive in construction, and adjustable to sacks ofdifferent sizes.

In the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1, is a perspective view of myholder; Fig. 2, a sectional top View of the same, and Fig. 3, is abottom plan view. Fig. 4, is a vertical section of one of the keepers.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

I construct my sack-holder in two curved sections A, and B, which areconnected by keepers A, and B, placed upon opposite sides of thesections, and, as each passes through the keeper secured to the oppositesection, they have longitudinal freedom of movement, and are at the sametime closely held together; thus it will be seen that when elongated tothe greatest extent the sections form a semicircle, and by means of therack formed on the section B,to be hereinafter described,the saidsection B, can be locked by the keeper A, at any desired position, andby freeing the section B, and moving it in the reverse direction the twosections are reduced to an arc of about a quadrant.

Attached to the section A, is a crossed spring wire so arranged that theextremities form a double spring hook G, by which the holder may besuspended.

Upon the under edge of the section B, is formed a rack, or series ofteeth, E, adapted to engage with the keeper A ,-when the holder iselongated-and lock the holder at any desired position. These teeth admitof a free outward movement of the section B, but look it against inwardmovement,-as for instance, the pressure of the sack mouth,at any desiredpoint.

Upon the inside of section B, is a hand-hold D, by which the sectionsare moved backward or forward upon each other.

The hooks O, are attached to any convenient support, as an upright post,a horizontal joist or beam, by connecting the points there with, thenthe sections are inserted in the mouth of a sack F, and pulled outsuificiently to fully extend the sack, and the rack E, is engaged withthe keeper A, when the outward pressure retains the sack upon theholder, until the former is filled, then by raising the outer section B,the rack is released from the keeper, and the sections sliding inwardlyupon each other, detach the filled sack.

It will be observed that by the arrangement of the spring hooks G, thedevice can be attached to a vertical post or a horizontal joist or beam,or hung upon a nail, as the weight of the dependent sack will embed thehook points into the wood of the post or beam, or cause them to securelygrasp a nail driven therein.

Operation: The device being suspended by means of the hooks, thesections are inserted in the mouth of a sack, and section B, is drawnout by means of the hand-hold until the sack mouth is fully distendedwhen the rack on this latter section engaging with keeper A, retains thesack in position until it is desired to release it, then by raising thesection B, it slides inwardly and releases the sack.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim therein as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sack-holder, the curved sections A, and B, having a slidingmovement upon each other, and connected by the keepers A, and B, one ofsaid sections having its lower edge provided with a rack or series ofteeth arranged to lock with the keeper on the other, in combination witha double crossed spring hook secured to the first of said sections,substantially as described.

2. The sack holder comprising the two sections A, and B, connected bythe keepers A,

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and B, and having a sliding motion upon each other, the section B,having its lower edge provided with a rack or series of teeth E,arranged to lock with the keeper A, on the section A, when pressedinwardly, and having a hand-hold D, on the inner side of the section Bto move the sections in relation with each other, all combined andoperating substantially as described.

3. The combination of the section A, having the double crossed springhook O, with the section B, each connected by the keepers A, and B, therack or series of teeth E, formed on the section B, the keeper A,operating as a pawl to lock the outer section against inward movement,and the hand-hold PETER P; FJELLMAN.

lVitnesses:

ERIK. P. SUNDFORS, G. E. OVALE.

